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Head Coach Sonny Dykes and his Louisiana Tech University football team has Top 25 national rankings across the board leading into a 3 p.m. Saturday homecoming and Western Athletic Conference game against the University of Texas-San Antonio.

With Halloween less than 48 hours away, it’s only fitting that some “treats’ are being given to Louisiana Tech University’s football team.

Oh, and are they sweet ones, too.

There’s a first-ever move into the prestigious BCS standings, a Top 20 slot by one national website poll and highest rankings ever in the Associated Press and USA Today polls.

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